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No coral recovery three years after a major bleaching event in reefs in the Southwestern Atlantic refugium
Mass bleaching events are growing in duration and intensity. Besides causing extensive mortality, the progressively shorter time between events...
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Coral thermal stress and bleaching enrich and restructure reef microbial communities via altered organic matter exudation
Coral bleaching is a well-documented and increasingly widespread phenomenon in reefs across the globe, yet there has been relatively little research...
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Re(de)fining degree-heating week: coral bleaching variability necessitates regional and temporal optimization of global forecast model stress metrics
Tropical coral reefs are a critical ecosystem in global peril as a result of anthropogenic climate change, and effective conservation efforts require...
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Marine heatwaves lead to bleaching and mass mortality in a key zoantharian
The increased frequency of severe marine heatwaves (MHWs) is a major contributing factor contributing to mass bleaching and large-scale mortality in...
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A coral-associated actinobacterium mitigates coral bleaching under heat stress
BackgroundThe positive effects of exposing corals to microorganisms have been reported though how the benefits are conferred are poorly understood....
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The role of background algal symbionts as drivers of shuffling to thermotolerant Symbiodiniaceae following bleaching in three Caribbean coral species
Reef-building corals host diverse dinoflagellate algal symbionts (Family Symbiodiniaceae) whose identity can influence host thermotolerance and whose...
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Marine protected areas do not buffer corals from bleaching under global warming
BackgroundThe rising temperature of the oceans has been identified as the primary driver of mass coral reef declines via coral bleaching (expulsion...
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Symbiotic dinoflagellates divert energy away from mutualism during coral bleaching recovery
The future of coral reefs in a warming world depends on corals’ ability to recover from bleaching, the loss of their symbiotic dinoflagellate algae...
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Branching coral growth and visual health during bleaching and recovery on the central Great Barrier Reef
Coral reefs are under threat from cumulative impacts such as cyclones, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks and climate-driven coral bleaching...
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The mass coral bleaching event of inshore corals form South China Sea witnessed in 2020: insight into the causes, process and consequence
In August to September 2020, severe sea surface temperature anomalies were recorded for Hainan Island and the Beibu Gulf from South China Sea (SCS)...
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High temporal resolution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dynamics during heat stress does not support a causative role in coral bleaching
Human-induced climate change is causing ocean warming that triggers the breakdown of the coral–algal symbiosis. The proximate cause of this...
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Linking coral fluorescence phenotypes to thermal bleaching in the reef-building Galaxea fascicularis from the northern South China Sea
Coral fluorescence phenotypes have been suggested as an adaptation to a broad range of environmental conditions, yet the mechanisms linking thermal...
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High-resolution in situ thermal metrics coupled with acute heat stress experiments reveal differential coral bleaching susceptibility
The relationship between thermal stress and coral bleaching has been a topic of study for decades, yet there is still a mismatch between remotely...
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Dynamics of Coral Reef Communities in the Sekisei Lagoon, Japan, Following the Severe Mass Bleaching Event of 2016
The rise in sea surface temperature due to climate change has caused severe and widespread coral bleaching phenomena in the recent decades, resulting...
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Rapid recovery of coral communities from a mass bleaching event in the summer of 2016, observed in Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Japan
Devastating bleaching of coral communities at Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Japan, occurred in 2016 during the third global mass bleaching event in...
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Decadal stability of coral reef benthic communities on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific, through two bleaching events
The prevalence of coral bleaching due to thermal stress has been increasing on coral reefs worldwide. While many studies have documented how corals...
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Recovery trajectories of oceanic reef ecosystems following multiple mass coral bleaching events
Climate-induced mass bleaching events are one of the greatest threats to coral reefs, causing widespread loss of coral cover. Drivers of recovery and...
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Suppressed recovery of functionally important branching Acropora drives coral community composition changes following mass bleaching in Indonesia
Mass coral bleaching events may have disproportionate effects on branching corals, leading to coral community restructuring, reduced biodiversity,...
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Lack of evidence for the oxidative stress theory of bleaching in the sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, under elevated temperature
To survive in nutrient-poor waters corals rely on a symbiotic association with intracellular microalgae. However, increased sea temperatures cause...
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Increasing Coral Thermal Bleaching Tolerance via the Manipulation of Associated Microbes
Coral reefs worldwide are suffering rapid deterioration as a consequence of numerous anthropogenic disturbances, with climate change being the...